Privilege of 4 April 1672 on last p. gives Claude Perrault permission to publish both his complete translation of Vitruvius (appeared 1673) and the present abridgment

Some of the 11 etched ill. are signed by Le Clerc. Ten are full page, with one folded double page signed X2, tipped onto stub at centerfold. Cut with French royal arms on t.p. Head- and tail-pieces, initials

Signatures: ã⁶ A-V⁸⁺⁴ X⁴ Y⁸ Z⁶

Errata, last p

Binding: old mottled calfskin. Armorial stamp in gilt at center of both boards (chevron between 3 boars' heads erased). Spine gilt tooled including brief title, edges of boards gilt rolled. Page edges sprinkled red & brown

Armorial bookplate of Thomas Villiers, 1st earl of Clarendon, 1709-1786 (Franks 30395). Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label. Signatures of Longin

[12], 224, [52] p. : 16 cm. (12mo)

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